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SUBJECT: # 2744: Rockport
Submitted by Paul (165.91.173.150) from TEXAS on 3/10/04 12:11:00 PM
My Dad and I are goin to rockport next week, haven't been since the temperature has been warmin up. I went a few weeks ago and the cold fronts seemed to push the fish out of the flats. I was wonderin what flats are holdin fish right now. I really want to catch a nice red in the flats on fly. Any info would help. What flies? colors? intermediate tip? what time of the day? I'm really pumped about this trip
- 4/11/04 4:30:00 PM
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Henry (199.91.36.254) from TEXAS says Fly Fishing Rockport
Unfortunatley, I'm not real familiar with Rockport, but can give some hints on flies. Catching a nice red on fly is much more easily attained than you might think, but sometimes it takes a few trips to hit it right when the reds are in a shallow cruising and feeding mood. Many factors usually have to come into play including water temperature, tide movement, bait movement, and wind conditions. An ideal flat is ankle to knee deep with a strong incoming tide, moderate to light wind, and grass bottom(Note-a flat can be a perfect depth on one trip and be completely too deep or too shallow on another trip). Fish will stay on a flat longer in warm weather if it is cloudy in summer, but in winter they will stay longer if it is warm. Fish usually tail in early morning or evening. If you are in ankle deep water and are not seeing fish wakes or spooking large wakes, there are no fish there. They can show up within seconds if the conditions change. This time of year shrimp begin purging from the marshes and it is also wise to look for seagulls working over fish. Brown and Root flat off the causeway from Aransas Pass going to Port Aransas is the easiest flat to locate for anglers with a boat or Kayak that don't have a lot of navigation experiance. This is 30 minutes from Rockport.Flies - Natural colors seem to be the best for picky fish in clear water this time of year(Brown,Copper,Tan,White) in size 2-6. In murky water, a chartreuse fly is a good bet. Check out my personal fly at www.backwaterhawgs.com in the saltwater forums section under Henry's Marsh report, large fish. This fly has the advantage of natural colors that work in clear water. The dark eyes are visible in murky conditions. This is the only fly I ever use. Hope this helps.
- 4/22/04 12:36:00 PM
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Adam (206.77.0.154) from TEXAS says rockport
Somebody told me that there has been nice reds up on the traylor shoreline shallow in the morning. Trout would be deeper. Maybe 3 to 5 feet later in the day. Estes allways has fish. But if the tides arent perfect they will be difficult to find. I would suggest going to the east flats. If you dont know where that is. It is about 4 miles down south of port a. You will run down the corups christi channel untill you see and opening in between mustang island and a spoil island called Pelican. You can probably run back towards port a once you get in because it doens tget that shallow for a while. the area is breattaking. It looks more like the laguna then aransas bay. If its real windy, and it probably will be. You could probably just blind cast to pot holes later in the day. You shoudl be able to find someup super shallow early before the wind.
- 5/1/04 1:03:00 AM
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